Learning to paint Non-metallic Metals (NMM)

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Slapping paint on!

June 24, 2018

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When I got back into painting a couple of years ago, I quickly found that I’m much happier and more productive working on a model that is covered in paint. I know many people like to work section by section or colour by colour – and that works for them – but I end up with a collection of partially painted figures in my case. Also, I like to quickly get a feel for a colour scheme so I can tweak it before I’ve put too much effort into it.

So, breaking out the size 6 brush (yes, I’m quite serious), it’s time to get some paint on this guy and see how my dark grey / gold scheme might look.

15 minutes in, and I'm pretty happy with the basic scheme.

At this stage, I don’t need my edges or even coverage to be too perfect. It’s more about how the grey and gold contrast, so I can see what needs to be lightened / darkened or otherwise tweaked.

At this stage I also block in some other colours and the base.

I'm not 100% sure of the blue at this stage, but we'll see :D

The good thing about my way of painting is that I’ve only spent maybe half an hour (or maybe a bit more, there’s a chunk of detail on this guy) and I have a good feel for the overall colour of the model. Also, he meets a 3 colour minimum standard 😀